Mr. E. A. Smith on Species of BvlMse. 347 



Af^s miranda. ' B.M. 



A. testa elongato-ovata, pellucida, transversim tenuiter et incrementi 

 lineis irregulariter striata ; vertex depressus, medio (ex quo surgit 

 labrum) perforatus ; apertura superius angustissima super ver- 

 ticem parum producta, basim versus sensim dilatata et eiiusa; 

 columella brevissima, arcuata, subito (ut in genera Achatina) 

 truncata. 



Long. 10 mill., diam. 4. 



Hab. Gulf of Suez. Dredged by Mr. E. M' Andrew. 



It is questionable whether the peculiar truncation of the 

 columella, which is very like that of the genus Achatina, is 

 not of subgeneric character ; but as there is but a single spe- 

 cimen at handj it is advisable to wait until there are more to 

 judge from. 



Haminea oryza, Gould \ Sowerby, Conch. Icon. xvi. sp. 1. 



Substitute for Gould, Totten, Silliman's Journal, xxvii. 

 p. 350, f. 5. 



This is already noticed by Tryon, Amer. Journ. Conch, iv. 

 p. 283. 



Haminea natalensis, Sowerby, I. c. sp. 7. 



This is not H. natalensis of Krauss, Slidafr. Mollusk. p. 71, 

 pi. iv. fig. 14. On comparing it with the types of H. peru- 

 viana, D'Orb., in D'Orbigny's collection, they prove to be 

 almost identical. This species, not mentioned by Sowerby in 

 his monograph, is described in the ^ Voyage dans I'Amerique 

 m^ridionale.' 



Haminea rotunda, A. Ad. ; Sowerby, I. c. sp. 9. 

 = Haminea rotundata, A. Ad. Thes. Conch, ii. p. 583, pi. 124. f. 5. 



Haminea jpempliix, Phil. ; Sow. I. c. sp. 12. 

 = Haminea 2}ein2)his, Phil, Zeitschrift f. Mai. 1847, p. 122. 



Adams (in Thes. Conch, ii. p. 580) places " zelandiw. Gray, 

 MS. Brit. Mus." as a synonym. This name is not a manu- 

 script one. It was published in 1843 in Dieifenbach's ' New 

 Zealand,' p. 243 ; and thus it would have j^recedence over 

 jpemphis, Phil., should they prove to be identical; but, from 

 the descriptions and localities, I consider them distinct. How- 

 ever, it is certain, on comparing the specimens referred to 

 pempliis by Adams and Sowerby with the type specimens of 

 H. zelandio' presented to the British Museum by Dr. Dieffen- 

 bach, that these are the same species. In the Museum there 

 are two specimens from the Red Sea (the locality cited by 

 Philippi) which are identical with the types of H. tenella, A. 



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